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Echinocereus roetteri

A small clumping hedgehog cactus of the northern Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico, west Texas and Chihuahua, generally treated as of hybrid origin between E. coccineus and E. dasyacanthus. It wants full sun, hot dry summers and a cold, dry winter rest.

Echinocereus roetteri
Photo: The_Cactaceae_Vol_III,_plate_IV_filtered.jpg: Mary Emily Eaton (1873-1961)Daniel Schweich for the filtred image. derivative work: Succu (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Rocky hills and desert grassland of the Chihuahuan Desert, often on limestone or igneous gravel, in full sun.

Records at 1,300–2,256 m, median about 1,590 m.

New MexicoTexasChihuahua

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.